Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering
About
Pursue environment-conscious manufacturing to build a more affluent and safer society.
Science and technology exist in a diverse intellectual world woven by chemistry, physics, and biology. The Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering strives for environment-conscious manufacturing based on chemical technology and biotechnology. The Department develops human resources who will contribute, through manufacturing, to building a more affluent and safer society that combines sustainable human development and the conservation of the earth’s environment.
On the research side, the Department covers both chemistry and life science. Chemistry is a field that creates substances and materials that are indispensable for our daily lives from the world of atoms and molecules, based on the principles and methods of chemistry. Life science is a field that creates advanced biotechnology based on complex biomolecules and cell functions. Through the combination and integration of these two fields, the Department will open up new fields with the keywords of chemistry, biology and engineering.
On the educational side, you will study both chemistry and life science deeply and broadly. The Department has developed a curriculum that will help you acquire specialized knowledge and guide you to become professional engineers and researchers who have a global holistic insight into the impact of science and technology on society and make appropriate and independent judgments on such impact. You will acquire the knowledge and ability to be active in various fields in the future, including chemistry, food, medical care, materials, the environment, and energy.
Staff list
Sugimoto campus
| Title | Name | Research Fields |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | TSUJI Kouichi | Development of X-ray trace elemental analysis and XRF elemental imaging methods, and their applications to characterization of materials and environmental analysis |
| Professor | YAMADA Yusuke | Heterogneous catalysis of coordination polymers and nanoparticles assemblies for energy and environmental issues |
| Associate Professor | ARIYOSHI Kingo | Lithium-ion battery, Electrode materials for advanced batteries, Solid-state electrochemistry for insertion materials |
| Professor | KOBATAKE Seiya | Design of photofunctional organic crystal materials and control of their solid physical properties, synthesis of photofunctional polymer materials and evaluation of their physical properties, development of molecular functional devices |
| Associate Professor | KITAGAWA Daichi | |
| Professor | SATO Eriko | Development of controlled polymer synthesis, precise control of polymer reactions, biomass utilization, design and development of stimuli-responsive-, functional adhesive-, and interfacial functional-materials |
| Professor | HORIBE Hideo | Compatibility and crystal structure analysis of multi-component polymers, conductivity of filler-dispersed polymers, resist development with high resolution and sensitivity, chemical reaction analysis of active species with organic compounds |
| Professor | KOMETANI Noritsugu | Reaction analysis in subcritical and supercritical fluids and its engineering application, physicochemical study of biomass in extreme environments, application of photocatalysts to environmental chemistry |
| Associate Professor | YUBA Eiji | Nanomedicine, Drug delivery, Functional polymer chemistry, Biomaterial, Vaccine, Immunotherapy, Autoimmune diseases |
| Associate Professor | IGARASHI Koichi | Advanced crystallization for organic compounds such as pharmaceutical, functional foods, production of useful substances from biomass |
| Professor | AZUMA Masayuki | Discovery of new functions of cells and construction of new functional cells by synthetic biotechnology, development to the fields of medicine, environment, energy, and food from engineering applications of these useful cells. [Keywords: microorganisms and cell surface] |
| Associate Professor | OJIMA Yoshihiro | |
| Professor | KITAMURA Masaya | Structure-function relationship of redox proteins, Industrial application of enzymes |
| Associate Professor | NAKANISHI Takeshi | Design of artificial antibodies for development of biologics and their production using genetic engineering techniques |
| Professor | TACHIBANA Akira | Development of biological medicine using RNA interference, RNA editing, genome editing and synthetic biology methods, syntheses of novel anti-cancer agents and protein crosslinkers based on various natural products |
| Lecturer | AZUMA Hideki | |
| Professor | TACHIBANA Taro | Biotechnology-based drug discovery and the development of methods for generating highly functional monoclonal antibodies and biopharmaceuticals |
| Associate Professor | YOKOYAMA Chikako | |
| Professor | ISHIDA Tamao | Design of novel nanostructured heterogeneous catalysts, catalysis by metal nanoparticles and clusters, and development of environmentally benign chemical processes over heterogeneous metal catalysts |
| Associate Professor | ASADA Ryoko | Microbial Control, Sterilization Engineering, Food Hygiene, Infection Control, Radiation Biology, Hyperthermia (Cancer Thermotherapy) |